Category Archives: World
Experts: China far side lunar mission potentially historic
BEIJING - China’s ambition to soft-land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon later this year faces considerable challenges, but if successful would propel the country’s space program t...
May 22, 2018
Iowa native Maddie Poppe wins 'American Idol'
LOS ANGELES - Iowa native Maddie Poppe has won “American Idol.” The singer-songwriter bested Caleb Lee Hutchinson and Gabby Barrett in Monday night’s two-hour finale on ABC. Poppe an...
May 22, 2018
US bishop at royal wedding thought invitation was a prank
LONDON - The American bishop whose sermon caused a stir at the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle thought the invitation was a prank. Rev. Michael Curry told ITV that he thought “somebody ...
May 22, 2018
German court rejects call for Puigdemont to be rearrested
BERLIN - A German court on Tuesday rejected a request from prosecutors to take former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont back into custody pending a decision on whether he can be extradited to Spain. Pu...
May 22, 2018
Ariana Grande sends love to fans on Manchester anniversary
LONDON - Ariana Grande shared a message of hope with fans Tuesday as dignitaries, survivors, first responders and the people of Manchester gathered to mark the anniversary of the concert bombing that ...
May 22, 2018
Palestinians ask ICC to investigate alleged crimes by Israel
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Accusing Israel of systematic crimes, including apartheid in the occupied territories, Palestinians on Tuesday urged the International Criminal Court to open an investigation ...
May 22, 2018
Miss Nebraska winner of Miss USA competition
SHREVEPORT, La. - Sarah Rose Summers from Nebraska has beaten 50 other women to win the crown at this year’s Miss USA competition. Summers, a 23-year-old contestant from Omaha, graduated from Te...
May 21, 2018
New York Stock Exchange names first female leader
NEW YORK - The New York Stock Exchange has named its first female leader in the history of the 226-year-old exchange. The parent company of the NYSE, Intercontinental Exchange Inc., told The Wall Stre...
May 21, 2018
China sentences Tibetan activist to 5 years for separatism
BEIJING - A Chinese judge sentenced a Tibetan shopkeeper to five years in prison for inciting separatism, based on his comments in a New York Times documentary in which the man talked about the erosio...
May 21, 2018
Indonesia raises alert for Merapi volcano, sets no-go zone
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian authorities raised the alert for the volatile Mount Merapi volcano on the densely populated island of Java and ordered people within 3 kilometres (2 miles) to evacuate....
May 21, 2018